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HORSE POWER.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD A. BIX, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

HORSE-POWER.

SFECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 271,123, dated January 23, 1883. Application filed November 22, 1882. (No model.)

To dit 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD A. RTX, of the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented an Improved HorsePo\v er; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof.'

Myinvention relates to certain improvements in horse-power machinery, in which a horse walking in a circle imparts motion to a drum upon which a hoisting-cable iswound.

lt consists of an improved" means for connecting the levers or sweeps to which the horse or horses are attached with the drum,so as to drive it, and a means for disconnecting it from the sweeps, so that the drum will remain stationary, or may be revolved in either direction; also in certain details of construction, all of which will be more fully explained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1, Sheet l, is a perspective view of my apparatus. Fig. 2, Sheet 2, is a vertical section taken through the axis of the drum. Fig. 3, Sheet 2, is a plan view of part of the d rum, with the sweep-sockets and the engaging and disengaging devices. Fig. 4 is a transverse section of the shaft B and spindle E.

A is a drum,which is madewit-h a deep rim, so that considerable rope may be wound upon it. This drum may have two sets of arms, ct, and hubs, as shown, and it is mounted to turn upon a fixed vertical standard or shaft, B,which has a Haring base, C,by which it is supported upon the timbers D.

-The shaft B is made hollow, and a square spindle, E, passes up through it. The lower end of this spindle is connected by a link, F, with a bell-crank lever, G, which is hinged to the base C, so that it may be operated by the rod H and a lever, (not shown,) which is situated at any desired point outside of the line of travel of the horse. The upper end of the spindle E is made round and passes loosely through a head,I, which is thus allowed, when free, to turn upon the spindle, being kept in place by a pin. The head1 has arms J projecting upward and outward at opposite sides in pairs, with anti-frictional rollers, between which the ends of the long arms K of two bellcrank levers pass. The angles of these levers form the fulcrums, and are pivoted upon the sweep-sockets L, so that the short arms K project downward into the inside of the rim of the drum. These sweep-sockets project in opposite directions to or beyond the ri'm of the drum A from acentral hub, which turns loosely upon the standard B, above the wheel-hub, and the sweep M is bolted or dtherwise secured into onev ot' them; or,if necessary, two may be used, as the double sockets or holders are made with each machine, and no changes are necessary for the purpose of increasing the power when needed.

Around the upper part of therilnof the drum lugs N are securedat intervals, and in such relative positions that when the arms K of the levers are thrown outward by allowing theinner arms, K, to ldrop down they will simultaneously engage the two lugs nearest in the direction which they are moving. These lugs are so constructed that the lever-arms will engage two opposite ones from either side, so that the drum may be revolved in either direction, and as they engage the lugs exactly in pairs the strain will be evenly divided. These lugs are placed at short intervals around the interior of the drum, so that they will be engaged by the lever-arms K very soon after they are thrown out, and the horse will not have to walk, as in most cases, nearly or quite halt' around thecircle before the lever M is connect ed with the drum, so as to drive it.

A suitable break may be connected with the drum,soas to hold it and its load at any point.

after the horsepower is disconnected from it.

or by which the load may be lowered while the horse continues his travel. When the leverarms K are thrown outward, they will engage a pair of the lugs Naud move the drum almost immediately on account of the number of lugs, of which there may be as many as desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is l. In a horse-power, the fixed vertical shaft B, the winding-drum A, with its hub or hubs fitting the shaft so as to turn upon it, sweep' or sweeps M, and the sweep lholders or sock ets L, with a hub turning upon the standard, in combination with the bell-crank levers K K', having theirfulcrums upon the sweeps or their sockets, and the lugs N, fixed upon the rim of the drum, so that the levers maybe engaged 2 @etnias with or disengaged from them by mechanism substantially as herein described.

' 2. In a horse-power, the drum A, mounted loosely upon the hollow vertical shaft B, and having the lugs or projections N, the sweep or sweeps Mfturnug` loosely upon the shaft, and having the bell-crank levers K K fulcrumed upon them, in combination with the spindle E, passing through the shaft B and engaging the levers K,the lever G, connected with its lower end. and the rod H,substantiallyas herein described.

3. In a horse-power, the drum A, with its lugs or projectionsN,andtl1e sweep or sweeps M, supporting the levers K K', and turning` in- 15 dependently of the drum, the spindle E, passing through the shaft B and engaging the 1e- Vers K, the operating-lever G, and connectingl rod H, in combination with the guiding and supporting arms J, between which the ends of zo the levers K pass, substantially as herein described.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand.

EDWARD A. BIX.

IVitnesses:

WILLIAM WYNN, A. G. KITTREDGE. 

